To Do - List

[becktho]

Hi all

I'm missing a feature which was very useful.

Beside LabView I often use Java with Eclipse as IDE. There I have the possibility to enter a Todo-Tag in the source-code. All these tags are collected in a todo-list which is displayed in the IDE.

Does anyone know if there is such a feature in LV (I work with LV 7.0) or if there is a tool that provides this functionality?

I'd like something, where I could place a label in the diagram with a short note, which is displayed in a seperate window.

Maybe you know about something like that.

Thomas

[BJD1613]

I am not aware of anyway to do this other than placing a free label on the block diagram in areas that need work. For example. I will place BJD-fix this and then I will use the built in find functions of labview and search for "BJD" this will show me every instance of BJD in the block diagram and that way I can find where I need to fix items. This is especially good when developing with a team. You can put John, bob, tom, etc. and then each developer can search for their name or initials and find what to work on. Hope this helps. Just a simple technique that I find useful.

[becktho]

Well, that's a possibility.

But I think it would be nice if you see the new entry in a list, if you create a new label.

If a use the find function, all existing labels are found but if create a new one I have to start a new search.

If I have some vis which need to be changend and I forget to start a new search, I may ignore some necessary changes.

[Ray.R]

I do the same as BJD, except I call the item "TODO:" followed by a brief name.

Search "TODO" and a list pops up. Good idea to place an index for multi-developers..

-JLV-

[Ray.R]

You could always index by date. For instance: BECK_041223

However, would you really want to have such an extensive to-do list?
I try to keep mine well below 10 items. (Typically 2 or 3 at a given time).

Since we're all automation people, maybe a nice "challenge" would be to create a "TODO.vi" 😉
And post it in this thread..

We would need to define the specs..

😄

[becktho]

Believe me - I already tried create one, but I didn't find the necessary functions :-(.

Well - if you're used to some kind of luxury, you'd like to find it everywhere :-).

But for the moment I'll do it with the normal label.

[Ben]

Since we're all automation people, maybe a nice "challenge" would be to create a "TODO.vi"
And post it in this thread..

BJD already wrote this! We use it in-house to track or progress and make sure our estimates are in-line with our funding. With a bunch of developers the "task List" comes in handy. It also tracks changes to VI's and the amount of time spent on each. This lets us look back at VI and figure out how much time really went into it.

Sorry can't give it away!

Ben

[Wiebe@CARYA]

Hi,

I try to use the gotcha keywords (don't know if it is an actual standard,
but I need some guidance...).

http://students.ou.edu/W/Feng.Wu-1/WWW/Hotlink/C++NameStd.html
http://www.nongnu.org/ngl/doc/coding/doc.html
http://www.rightmark3d.org/docs/RM002-001.pdf
etc.

Regards,

Wiebe.


"JoeLabView" <x@no.email> wrote in message news:171122@exchange.ni.com...
> I do the same as BJD, except I call the item "TODO:" followed by a brief
name.<br><br>Search "TODO" and a list pops up. Good idea to place an index
for multi-developers..<br><br>-JLV-

[Ray.R]

Ben,

Shame you can't share, but it's understood.

At least you provided some insights on specs.
Was it implemented using LV or C/C++ ?

Best wishes for 2005!!
and happy wiring!!

😄

[Ben]

Pure G.

Ben